Ex-deniable operator Nick Stone has spent a lifetime in harm&s way
- but when someone he cares for very deeply is murdered in cold
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Betrayed & left for dead high in the Alps Nick Stone is in trouble The blood on his hands tells of a head wound he can’t see & his foggy memory confirms it He knows only one thing for certain – someone somewhere wants to kill him & they think they’ve succeeded Stone wants revenge but the only person who can help him is a seven year old boy Not much protection in the pursuit of a gang of faceless men who trade in human misery But this run-of-the-mill close protection task is about to become Stone’s most personal mission yet Payback is top of Stone’s agenda The fuse has been ignited – but who really holds the detonator? ...

Detroit 67 is the story of Motor City in the year that changed everything Twelve chapters take you on a turbulent year-long journey through the drama & chaos that ripped through the city in 1967 & tore it apart in personal political & interracial disputes It is the story of Motown the break-up of The Supremes & the damaging disputes at the heart of the most successful African-American music label ever Set against a backdrop of urban riots escalating war in Vietnam & police corruption the book weaves its way through a year when soul music came of age & the underground counterculture flourished LSD arrived in the city with hallucinogenic power & local guitar band MC5
- self-styled holy barbarians of rock
- went to war with mainstream America A summer of street-level rebellion turned Detroit into one of the most notorious cities on earth known for its unique creativity its unpredictability & self-lacerating crime rates The year 1967 ended in social meltdown rancour & intense legal warfare as the complex threads that held Detroit together finally unravelled Features the true story of DETROIT now a major motion picture

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A real-life action packed documentary that follows the day-to-day working life of the DETROIT & KANSAS CITY police department&s tactical unit ...

A gripping narrative… Mankind rediscovered Travel to the near-future metropolis of Detroit – a city rejuvenated by an exciting technological development androids Witness your brave new world turn to chaos as you take on the role of Kara a female android trying to find her own place in a turbulent social landscape Shape an ambitious branching narrative making choices that will not only determine your own fate but that of the entire city Discover what it means to be human from the perspective of an outsider – see the world of man through the eyes of a machine A gripping narrative… Mankind rediscovered Travel to the near-future metropolis of Detroit – a city rejuvenated by an exciting technological development androids Witness your brave new world turn to chaos as you take on the role of Kara a female android trying to find her own place in a turbulent social landscape Shape an ambitious branching narrative making choices that will not only determine your own fate but that of the entire city Discover what it means to be human from the perspective of an outsider – see the world of man through the eyes of a machine ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play From Kathryn Bigelow the Academy Award winning director of THE HURT LOCKER & ZERO DARK THIRTY DETROIT tells the gripping story of one of the darkest moments during the civil unrest that rocked Detroit in the summer of '67 Actors John Boyega Will Poulter Algee Smith Jacob Latimore Jason Mitchell Directors Kathryn Bigelow Writers Mark Boal Producers Kathryn Bigelow Mark Boal Matthew Budman Megan Ellison Colin Wilson Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Deuce finds himself cleaning out more than just fish tanks when he desperately needs to raise cash for a quick repair job to a client&s luxury Malibu apartment He finds himself switching from tank cleaning to lady pleasing when he decides to sell his only asset
- his body
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In Deus players work to develop their own civilizations in a shared environment Each player starts the game with five building cards & on a turn a player either uses one of these cards to construct a building or discard one or more cards to make an offering to a god Cards come in six colors red for military green for resource production blue for trade brown for scoring violet for temples & yellow for a variety of effects When you construct a building you build it in the appropriate location on the modular game board — which is sized based on the number of players with the hexagonal tiles composed of seven landscape "circles" — then you place the card in your personal tableau in the appropriate stack of colored cards & activate the power of all of those cards already in your tableau starting with the card at the bottom of the stack When you make an offering you discard cards then receive the help of a god associated with one of the cards that you discarded with the number of cards determining the strength of the associated action You then refill your hand to five cards The game ends either when all the barbarian villages on the game board have been surrounded & attacked or when all the temples have been constructed Whoever has the most points wins Deus Components 4 small player boards 96 building cards (59x 92mm) 16 civil buildings 16 scientific buildings 16 maritime buildings 16 military units 16 production buildings 16 temples 100 wooden buildings (25 per player) 20 civil buildings 20 scientific buildings 20 maritime buildings 20 military units 20 production buildings 7 wooden Temples in a neutral color 7 two-sided continent tiles Gold coins (63 ones 12 fives 9 tens) Victory point tokens (24 ones 9 threes 9 fives 17 tens) 80 resources wood (20) stone (20) clay (20) wheat (20) 1 First player card (59x 92mm) Rules Ages 14 Playing Time 60-90 minutes Players 2-4 ...

In Deus Egypt you are now the head of an extraordinary ancient civilization Egypt Can you lead this dynasty to expand & impose itself upon the surrounding lands? This first expansion for Deus adds 96 building cards 16 for each area of development Players can use this deck in place of the one in the base game or swap in one or more groups of 16 cards for those in the base game Each group of 16 cards delivers a new set of rules & strategies ...

Deus Ex Developers Ion Storm owed us something pretty special & futuristic shoot spy & stalk-&em-up Deus Ex more than makes up for the disappointment of Daikatana Deus Ex is set in a nearby future where a deadly virus ravages the world&s populace terrorists are bent on exposing corrupt governments & conspiratorial elites are ready to wade in & wreak havoc You play a techno-enhanced agent tasked with getting to the bottom of it all without cashing in your chips Immediately noticeable is the attention to detail; there&s no end of objects & characters to interact with--too much were it not for the consequences that arise from almost every interaction Such random actions as killing a guard or "accidentally" walking into the ladies& toilets can significantly affect mission outcomes The best game will result from stealthy inch-by-inch exploration & you&ll be glad you did Considering that Deus Ex has gameplay in bucketloads it could look like Commander Keen & get away with it Thankfully though the Unreal engine does a more than passable job of rendering some beautiful locations & although models may look a little blocky compared to games using more sophisticated engines the minor flaws melt away as the game gets going A richly simulated world of unparalleled interactivity engineered to react to your every action A globe-hopping epic adventure Span the world from New York to Paris to Hong Kong exploring locations recreated from actual maps blueprints & photographs Recreated from actual maps blueprints & photographs Total character interaction Your relationship with scores of other characters affects the outcome of the game The ability to create a compelling alter ego Select & develop your own unique set of skills & nanotech augmentations determine which weapons & objects you need to survive & solve problems Deus Ex Invisible War Deus Ex 2 takes place Approx. 20 years after the events depicted in Deus Ex The winner-take-all geopolitics of mid-21st century Earth have given way to a struggle over more basic concerns food water re-establishing civil law & cleaning up biological & nano-tech fallout Several religious & political factions see in the chaos an opportunity to shape the world as they want The player must reveal the secrets of each faction & the identities of the true players in this struggle for world power In the end the player discovers that he or she may be the key to all of the factions& plans In addition to a host of new friends & foes players can expect encounters with a variety of characters from the original Deus Ex game & once again players visit a variety of real world locations made more exotic by the passage of time In Deus Ex 2 players create a compelling alter ego through the selection of futuristic nano-tech augmentations powerful weapons & hundreds of useful objects character choices weapons & object use work in combination with a richly interactive world to give players freedom to solve game problems the way they want to Gamers can fight sneak talk or hack their way past any problem encountered & every situation can be dealt with in a variety of ways Deus Ex 2 also features a more powerful physics system startlingly believable AI dramatically enhanced character modelling & animation a groundbreaking sound propagation system & state-of-the art lighting & graphics The game systems contribute materially to gameplay minute-to-minute mission-to-mission & beginning to end Dynamic & innovative 1st person-actionadventure brings a level of reality unprecedented in a video game Biotech modifications allow players to see through walls leap 40 feet into the air or regenerate critical body damage Globe-hop to real world locations such as Seattle Antarctica & Cairo Cunning stealth gameplay with darkness & sound affecting enemy awareness For 1 player ...